*HEADING BASIC VERIFICATION - *COUPLING WITH *KINEMATIC SUBOPTION EQUIVALENT TO REVOLUTE MPC TYPE *PREPRINT, MODEL=YES *NODE 10,0.0,0.0,0.0 20,2.0,0.0,0.0 1,1.0,0.0,0.0 2,1.0,0.0,0.0 105,1.0,0.0,1.0 *ELEMENT,TYPE=B33H,ELSET=A 2,2,20 *ORIENTATION, NAME=RELEASE_AXIS 1.,0.,1.,-1.,0.,1. ** ** *KINEMATIC COUPLING,REF NODE=10, ORIENT=RELEASE_AXIS ** 2,1,3 ** 2,4,5 ** *SURFACE, NAME=NODE_BASED_SURFACE, TYPE=NODE 2, 1.0 *COUPLING, CONSTRAINT NAME=REVOLUTE, REF NODE=10, SURFACE=NODE_BASED_SURFACE, ORIENTATION=RELEASE_AXIS *KINEMATIC 1,3 4,5 *BEAM SECTION,SECT=CIRC,MATERIAL=MAT,ELSET=A 0.1, *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 200.0E9,0.0 *BOUNDARY 10,1,6 *STEP, UNSYMM=YES PULL ON THE JOINT *STATIC 1.0,1.0 *CLOAD 20,1,1.0E6 *MONITOR,NODE=20,DOF=2 *EL PRINT,FREQ=9999 SF, *NODE PRINT,FREQ=9999 U,COORD RF, *EL FILE,FREQ=9999 SF, *NODE FILE,FREQ=9999 U,COORD *OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQ=9999 *NODE OUTPUT U,COORD *ELEMENT OUTPUT SF, *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM, UNSYMM=YES TWIST THE REFERENCE NODE AND THE REVOLUTE AXIS 90 DEGREES ABOUT X *STATIC 0.25,1.0 *BOUNDARY 10,4,4, 1.5707963 *END STEP *STEP,NLGEOM, UNSYMM=YES TWIST THE REFERENCE NODE 45 DEGREES ABOUT Z *STATIC 0.25,1.0 *BOUNDARY 10,6,6, 0.785398164 *BOUNDARY,TYPE=VELOCITY 10,4,4,0.0 *END STEP